"Ready…" at the end of the room, Besy with her arm holding a leaf took a deep breath, then exhaled while shouting and raising her arm high.
"Start!!" The leaf that could not keep up with the speed of Besy's arm, was torn and shattered into several pieces, which were then immediately blown away by the wind wave.
This was not an ordinary wind wave, but was created by the collision of two figures in the middle of the hall.
"Damn it!!" Gampa, desperately shouted at me while fending off every attack I launched.
I launched punches, kicks, scratches and bites and he was able to block them. On the other hand, he also launched attacks at various vital points, but I blocked them, grabbed his arm then pulled it and kicked his stomach area.
"Urgghhh—!!" A little sour saliva came out of Gampa's mouth, but he immediately swallowed it back, then held my leg.
The two of us were currently practicing a sparring match, with five other children observing and Besy as the referee.
Everything will stop when Besy decides it needs to stop.
Creating an opening, the cat in front of me closes the distance and stabs its arm right at the top of my left leg, I jump despite getting a scratch.
A little blood splashes in the air.
Spinning my body, creating momentum centered on my leg and launching it towards Gampa's middle body, I give a sharp side kick with the intention of throwing his body away but Gampa is able to block it.
No, he blocks it. Making his body bounce five meters to the side.
Before I know it, there is already a coating on both of his arms.
He has already taken out his weapons, a pair of gloves that cover part of his lower arms, with a sharp structure attached between them.
I look at my right leg, blood is coming out of it. The impact of the previous blow.
This is my fault, I should have coated my entire body with Energy but the thought that my body has high resistance made me careless. It seems this sparring is indeed needed, it is quite fruitful.
Raising the angle of my arms to shoulder height, I drew Energy into my body and focused it towards my palms, forming a sharp weapon that resembled a curved claw.
Gampa pointed his hand towards me, while his left hand was pointed at another angle.
In an instant, a mass of Energy the size of our heads formed in both of his hands and shot out fast.
It was an Energy manipulation technique, he created an Energy cannon.
One headed straight for me.
I dodged to the side, but the Energy also turned and chased after me. I tried to turn several times but it still stuck, then tried to deflect it but it turned out to be a bad idea.
The deflected Energy broke into many small particles, which then immediately stabbed me in various directions like needles.
With the relatively small diameter of the room, there wasn't much room to dodge. Moreover, the restrictions set also prevented me from using Energy manipulation techniques.
If that was the case, a good choice would be to run towards Gampa and direct the Energy behind my back right towards him. There was a slight delay before the energy could turn, taking advantage of that delay and crashing into it would teach him a little lesson.
Of course, a simple method like running straight would be meaningless.
He would notice anyway.
I jumped, instantly landing on the roof of the room.
"Hm?!" Instantly, another light greeted me in midair, I reflexively defended against it but that also caused the Energy that collided with my weapon to break into small particles and attack me with needle pricks.
Several splashes of blood flew out of my body, dripping onto the floor far below.
It couldn't be helped, there were two Energies from the start.
I dodged the other one, exposing my feet to various sides of the room and taking the right footing, then launched straight towards Gampa.
For a moment, he smiled, that was the expression he showed when a situation went according to his wishes.
But I twisted my body back in midair, breaking the momentum and throwing the two weapons on my arms towards the surface, stabbing them both deep, then pulling them together with the clumped roots.
Using the clumped roots, I repelled the Energy and destroyed them, then used them to wrap around my body and protect it from the rain of particles.
There was a slight pause before the energy could build up its momentum again to shoot. The technique that could be made to chase the target, was indeed quite good but there was always a limit to everything that could be used.
The pause was indeed very short but it seemed enough.
I threw my weapon, stabbing it right in the direction where Gampa's head was.
It all happened in less than three seconds.
Although, it really stopped when the knife was held by Besy who was already in front of him.
"Okay, I think this is enough."
The tension immediately disappeared, with screams filling the room.
"That's cheating!! He knew the duel would be stopped when it started to threaten his life, so he threw his knife and baited you!! Damn, I almost beat him!!"
Out of all of them, Gampa's scream was the loudest.
To see a hairless cat with a relatively small body scream that loudly, it was quite hard to believe if you didn't witness it yourself.
"Alf fought with the restriction of not using Energy manipulation and only relying on real physical strength, then Gampa with the restriction of not using close-range Energy manipulation, this opens up a lot of fighting patterns that can be filled." Delsa was the calmest, at the end of the room while taking notes on the thin sheets of wood she was holding.
Zoty who walked towards me, touched some wounds on my body and healed them. He also healed some bruises on Gampa.
"That was a good fight, setting limits was the right choice." Epi with Oty on his head, stood beside Delsa as he looked at his notes.
"But isn't my limit a bit too much? I can only use long-range Energy Manipulation and can't let my enemies get closer than two meters, this is very difficult when facing enemies like Besy, Alf, let alone Oty."
"I think the problem isn't the limit, but more the opponent…"
We've done some sparring with the limits given to each member, I hope this can bring a little change in how these kids implement strategies in the next fight.
The enemies must have prepared something.
On several previous occasions we've shown a big difference in every fight that happened, they shouldn't have taken the initiative this quickly, there's an outside element that we don't know about starting to enter this conflict.
Next I have to maximize the Energy Manipulation that we're doing, some still look stiff, it would be bad if a siege occurs when Besy and I aren't around the others, they can't escape unscathed.
There is still a little time, there is no significant change from the other side.
I think there is still about two to three days left for us to prepare ourselves…
Moreover, if Oty can apply his abilities to the maximum, then that will greatly help the progress of the plan.
The rest is just a race against time.
Within the specified time, when the big attack occurs, we will sink the entire forest into a big hole that cannot be stopped by anything.
Even this tree…
"Just thinking will not bring any change… real action is needed. That is why I am here."